KJ3 Literal Translation
Romans 4
1 Abraham justified by faith. 13 By faith only he and his seed received the promise.
1What then shall we say our father Abraham to have found according to flesh?
2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has a boast, but not with God.
3For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness.” Gen. 15:6
4But to one working, the reward is not imputed according to grace, but according to debt.
5But to the one not working, but believing on the One justifying the ungodly, his faith is imputed for righteousness.
6Even as also David says of the blessing of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7“Blessed are they whose lawlessnesses have been remitted, and whose sins are covered;
8blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” LXX-Psa. 31:1, 2; MT-Psa. 32:1, 2
9Is this blessing then on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say the faith “was imputed to Abraham for righteousness.” Gen. 15:6
10How then was it imputed? Being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision!
11And he received a sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith, the one while in uncircumcision, for him to be a father of all the ones believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be imputed to them also,
12and a father of circumcision to the ones not of circumcision only, but also to the ones walking in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham, the one he had during uncircumcision.
13For the promise was not through Law to Abraham, or to his seed, for him to be the heir of the world, but through a righteousness of faith.
14For if the ones of Law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been annulled.
15For the Law works out wrath; for where no law is, neither is transgression.
16Because of this, it is of faith, that it be according to grace, for the promise to be confirmed to all the seed, not to the seed of the Law only, but also to the one of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17even as it is written, “I have appointed you a father of many nations”; before God, whom he believed, the One making the dead ones live, and calling the things not being as if being, Gen. 17:5
18who beyond hope believed on hope, for him to become a father of many nations, according to what was said, “So shall your seed be.” Gen. 15:5
19And being about a hundred years old, not weakening in faith, he did not consider his body already being as good as dead, nor yet the dead state of Sarah’s womb,
20and did not hesitate by unbelief at the promise of God, but was empowered by faith, giving glory to God,
21and being fully persuaded that what He has promised, He is also able to do.
22Therefore “it was also imputed to him for righteousness.” Gen. 15:6
23But it was not written on account of him only, that it was imputed to him,
24but also because of us, to whom it is going to be imputed, to the ones believing on the One having raised our Lord Jesus from the dead,
25who was given over on account of our deviations, and was raised on account of our justification.
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